[CTSARA] FLOOD WATCH Issue Date: 405 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012

[John Sabini Jr.]

FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 405 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012
Expiration: 1200 PM EDT MON APR 23 2012


...HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH POSSIBLE AREAL AND
SMALL STREAM FLOODING...

 

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-
EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-


405 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012

 

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

 

* FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

 

* RAINFALL WITH A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH TONIGHT SHOULD BE
LESS THAN A HALF INCH. THIS FRONT WILL THEN STALL JUST TO THE
SOUTH ON SUNDAY...AND SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AS AN INTENSIFYING COASTAL STORM MOVES NORTHWARD AND
TRANSPORTS CONSIDERABLE ATLANTIC MOISTURE ALONG WITH IT. 

* RAINFALL WITH THE COASTAL STORM WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING...AND
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN
SHOULD OCCUR DURING THE FIRST HALF OF SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE NEW
YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...WESTERN LONG ISLAND AND THE LOWER
HUDSON VALLEY...AND OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT IN SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES
APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST RAIN BANDS.

 

* TOTAL RAINFALL OF TWO AND ONE HALF TO THREE AND ONE HALF
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND FLOODING OF FAST
RESPONDING SMALL STREAMS. HARD DRY GROUND DUE TO LACK OF RECENT
RAINFALL...AND STORM DRAINS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN CLEARED OF
WINTER DEBRIS...MAY ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF IN
THESE AREAS. MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE UNLIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
FLOODING.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP. &&

 

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http://www.ctsara.org/ctsara_weather.html

 

 

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PLEASE Monitor THE SARA REPEATER!

 

 

J/S WB1GRB

 

 

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